Just doing a general trawl through the blog stats for the Transit of Venus website I saw that someone had recently googled ‘Kristie Addison paintings’. There is none of my artwork on the Transit of Venus site so I thought I’d post some artwork here so if anyone is interested in seeing it, it can be found.
Above – pencil sketch,
below – finished off on computer
Batu Caves is one of the places I usually drag overseas visitors to when they come to Malaysia. It’s about 20-40 minutes north of Kuala Lumpur city, depending on traffic and how lost you get on the way. Batu Caves is also the name of the area nearby the actual caves, so getting there can be a little confusing with a gps, until you see the big gold statue of Lord Murugan from the road and it all becomes clear.
The caves are natural limestone formations, a bit like Waitomo caves in New Zealand with monkeys instead of glow worms! The caves have been a place of worship for over a hundred years and are now populated with ornate hindu statues.
There are 272 concrete steps leading up to the main cave. It can be a bit of hard work for an un-acclimatised tourist on a hot day but shouldn’t cause too much trouble.
Hanuman? the monkey god is very cool. But watch out for the little macaque monkeys at Batu Caves. They will try to steal your food and shiny things!
Kamadhenu the mother of all cows is possibly the cow people mean when they say ‘Holy Cow!’. This one is definitely my favorite.
I recommend bringing…
An umbrella for either rain or sun (it’s always one or the other!).
Hand sanitizer because the bathroom facilities are pretty gross.
Best not to show too much skin, don’t wear short skirts/shorts or shoe-string singlet tops that don’t cover your shoulders.
I am trying out a new bloggy thing for my mac, so suppose I better write something to test it.
The above is a picture of a breastfeeding monkey I took at Templar park a while back.
And this is a waterfall in Templar park… Testing how it posts a large picture. 
That’ll do for now….
Wow, I haven’t blogged here in more than half a year (again).
A quick update for those who are interested, I moved to Malaysia at the start of 2010. I am playing in a band over here called The Velvet Aces as well as continuing with Transit of Venus with a new line-up here in Kuala Lumpur.
Broke down my home studio for the big move so I’m not taking on any more game music contracts at the moment, unless the budget is big enough for me to change my mind and go buy the gear I would need
Writing in this blog seems a little awkward. It’s been too long haha.
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